Example sentences of "[subord] i know [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.

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1 I remember when I married him but I do n't remember when I met him , although I know it was just ten days between the two occasions .
2 They say , ‘ Thank you for playing the hymn , you did n't mention my name so although I know you were n't playing it just for me , I felt as if you were ’ .
3 Although I knew it was badly sprained I did not feel it was broken .
4 Although I knew it was n't my fault , I always felt frustrated because I could n't do anything to help .
5 I answered , although I knew it was n't .
6 That was my excuse to myself , although I knew it was wrong of me to leave only two unwounded men to guard the stockade .
7 Joseph told me to fetch the doctor , so I ran to the village , although I knew it was too late .
8 I always stopped to look at it , although I knew it was much too expensive .
9 ‘ When I came back from town Rocky was asleep so I knew something was wrong because normally he 's rushing to be let off the chain , ’ said Mr Taylor .
10 He was very restless so I knew it was a matter of moments before he was going to leave MainMan .
11 Then not long after , we were both walking under some scaffolding — she was already under it and out of view — when a workman whistled , so I knew it was for me , not her .
12 She had a little mole above her pretty upper lip , so I knew it was she .
13 I lowered my eyes once I knew he was all right .
14 Once I knew you were still … untouched … only one explanation made sense : that the Countess had some hold over you . ’
15 He taunted me , asking me if I knew what was going to happen to me on my wedding night .
16 He used to visit the factory rather late in the afternoon and , if I knew he was coming , I would wait there for him under some pretext .
17 I would never have given him the sweet if I knew there was acid in it .
18 On my negative but friendly response they asked if I knew I was trespassing .
19 I caught myself wondering how I would feel if I knew I was being transfused with the blood of someone of 85 : would it be strong enough ?
20 Faced with those kind of possible reductions in service , if there is a penny one penny more than necessary spent on administration and bureaucracy wherever it is in the youth and community programme that is gon na be less money for front line vision and the Labour group can have to think very , very carefully about that and the issue is gon na be that if we 're spending too much money or if they 're coming back to supplementary estimates which wo n't be available er given the financial situation next year if we 're having two heads of centres or whatever when we could have one that is gon na mean less money for front line services to the people of Highfields and there 'll only be one group that will be responsible for that , if that does come about and I think that 's something that we all need to bear in mind because what we were told as members of that committee is that the youth and community budget is gon na be in for some very serious times in the future and it 's mainly the government 's fault because of the way they 've decided to re-organise the situation it 's going out of our hands into the control of an unelected body and like most members of this council I think we would oppose that but that 's the reality of the situation and I could not support any increase of funds er for any community centres if I knew it was simply gon na be spent on administration .
21 But if it had been irradiated , well , let us put it this way , I would n't buy food if I knew it was irradiated .
22 eh if I know it were gon na be that quick I would n't of put that other one in freezer
23 Because I could n't settle tonight until I knew you were all right . ’
24 Cos I know it was and a Yes the other side was built first too
25 case I 'm wrong , cos I know there was a doctor 's surgery there but I , I do n't know whether it 's the Chatswold health centre it 's .
26 You know , cos I knew everybody was far too young .
27 I did n't think he 'd be cooking tonight cos I knew they were n't shutting the
28 cos I knew they were coming .
29 She sounded really cheesed off about I said how 's your revision going , cos I knew she was doing revision , she went cccckkk I try a maths paper and I ca n't do that , and I a chemistry paper and I ca n't do that and I really .
30 That 's right , it 's just that I worked , I think , yesterday I could n't get into erm , I just could n't get into and yesterday I must admit I felt really rough and erm , I thought at three o'clock I was going to have to ring Iris , cos I knew you were still out you see and at three o'clock I thought I was going to have to ring Iris er just to come in cos I ca n't like your head was my stomach was churning over , it was n't till , soon as I get some food in front of me oh I get , you see I did n't feel too cracking in the morning and I thought well there 's lots of stomach bugs going about and I thought well I 'm having one of them , and I did n't know what I fancied for lunch and I cooked the kiddies theirs , they had fish and what have you , and erm , I thought well what can I have , I thought I what , I thought I got a little tin of salmon there , so I thought right I 'll have a salmon sandwich and I had that and believe me I felt , by three o'clock I could see myself picking me up off the floor , I only got spots before my eyes as such , but , I just had , I had four , five cups of water , I did n't drink any tea , and I wish then , well I do n't know whether I could have felt any worse when I had the sandwich or not to be honest .
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